Water Online Highlights

1. Colorado River Users Can’t Agree On How To Cut Back, Tempting Federal Intervention 2/7/2023

   As water levels in one of the country’s most prolific bodies continue to sink, the states that share this dwindling resource have failed to agree on how to protect it, recently missing another major negotiating deadline.

2. Digitalization In The Water And Wastewater Industry — A Glass Half Full? 2/6/2023

   The global water and wastewater industry is facing unprecedented operational challenges brought about by climate change, water scarcity, aging infrastructure, rapid urbanization, and rising energy costs. While each challenge presents its own complexities, operators are now armed with data-driven digital solutions to drive industry improvements and boost decision-making.

3. Five Reasons To Start Building Your LSL Inventory NOW 2/6/2023

   With increased public awareness about the risk of lead in drinking water, water utilities are trying to be more transparent about pipe materials in their distribution system. Here are five reasons to build you LSL inventory sooner than later.

4. Stormwater Management Is A Worldwide Challenge 2/6/2023

   Last month, I wrote about San Francisco's great rain garden/bio-retention basin project. Strategically placed sunken curb cuts, swales or park features collect stormwater and let it filter into the ground, reducing the pressure on overwhelmed storm drains and sewers.

5. The Face Of The Water Industry 2/6/2023

   After breaking into the water industry with PennWell, Angela Godwin became the face and voice of the industry through her work with Endeavor Business Media, and now as Principal Partner with Rogue Monkey Media.

6. The Face Of The Water Industry 2/6/2023

   After breaking into the water industry with PennWell, Angela Godwin became the face and voice of the industry through her work with Endeavor Business Media, and now as Principal Partner with Rogue Monkey Media.

7. EPA Researchers Update Tool To Support Contaminated Groundwater Cleanup At A Superfund Site In Kansas City 2/2/2023

   From the 1960s to 1980s, chemical storage and disposal operations at the Conservation Chemical Company site, a 6-acre area in Kansas City, Missouri, contaminated soils and groundwater. Groundwater, which is the water found below the Earth’s surface within the cracks and crevices of soil, sand, and rock, can be particularly challenging to treat. Addressing these challenges involves many experts and can require innovative solutions to improve treatment methods and help clean up contaminated sites.

8. Hydrogen Peroxide Market Valuation To Cross US$6.2 Billion By 2026 2/2/2023

   According to Global Market Insights Inc. report, the global hydrogen peroxide market will record close to US$6.2 billion in yearly revenue by 2026.

9. Schwenksville Borough Authority In Pennsylvania Turns To De Nora SORB 33A For Arsenic Removal 2/2/2023

   A small treatment plant was looking for the most economic solution to treat water and needed a product with a longer life expectancy. Learn why they turned to De Nora's SORB 33A media. 

10. Proactive WWTP Design And Innovation Improves Health Of Chesapeake Bay Watershed 2/2/2023

    Read about the $568 million, decade-long upgrade of a Water Pollution Control Plant that would expand the plant’s capacity from 30 mgd to 40 mgd while also reducing nitrogen and phosphorous to the limit of technology.